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=Tirwa Tahsil, 1908=
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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

Southern tahsil of Farrukhabad District, United 
Provinces, comprising the pargatias of Tirwa, Saurikh, Sakatpur, and 
Sahrawa, and lying between 26" 46' and 27° 5' N. and 79° 19' and 
79° 58' E., with an area of 380 square miles. It is bounded on 
the north by the Isan, and the Arind and Pandu rivers form part of 
its southern boundary. Population increased from 168,673 i^^ 1891 
to 180,086 in 1 90 1. There are 256 villages and two towns, the larger 
being Tirwa (population, 5,763), the tahsil head-quarters. The de- 
mand for land revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 2,53,000, and for cesses 
Rs. 45,000. The density of population, 474 persons per square mile, 
is below the District average. The tahsil consists of a central table- 
land of fertile loam, through the centre of which passes the Cawn- 
pore branch of the Lower Ganges Canal, flanked by sandy tracts 
sloping down to the rivers north and south. In the north are found 
numerous swamps and small lakes, but drainage operations have 
improved this area considerably. Rice is grown more extensively 
in this tahsil than elsewhere in the District. In 1903-4 the area 
under cultivation was 197 square miles, of which loi were irrigated, 
canals and wells serving an equal area ; tanks and small streams supply 
7 or 8 square miles.